MIUX08
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2nd International Workshop on Mobile Internet User eXperience (MIUX'08)
Welcome to the second workshop on Mobile Internet User Experience in Amsterdam on September 2, 2008! This workshop is held in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2008. The first MIUX workshop was held in Singapore 2007.
Deadline for position papers was May 5, 2008. Please contact the organizers (e.g. virpi.roto(at)nokia.com) if you are eager to participate even if the deadline has passed.
Organizers:
Virpi Roto, Nokia Research Center
Eija Kaasinen, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland
Workshop committee:
Gregor Broll, University of Munich, Germany
Matt Jones, University of Swansea, UK
Dhaval Joshi, Motorola Research Labs, India
Kris Mihalic, Yahoo! Mobile, USA
Sachi Mizobuchi, Nokia Research Center, Japan
Wolfgang Mähr, Opera, Norway
Carol Taylor, Motricity, USA
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
INTRODUCTION
Internet access on mobile devices changes the way the Internet is used. In addition to accessing ordinary Internet content with mobile devices, mobilizing the Internet enables totally new kinds of Internet content and services. This workshop will discuss the mobile Internet from the end user perspective, identifying factors and solutions that would make Internet usage on a mobile device an enjoyable experience.
SCOPE
Mobile Internet solutions cover Internet services specifically designed for mobile use, mobile access to full Web sites, full Web sites with complementing mobile services, Internet based communication systems (e.g. email, instant messaging, VoIP), feeds, and widgets.
The workshop topics include:
• Factors affecting mobile Internet user experience
• Users and usages for mobile Internet now and in the future
• Experiences and success stories of mobile services
• Innovative solutions to improve mobile internet user experience
• How mobility is changing the Internet user experience
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The workshop is targeted to researchers and practitioners working in the field of mobile Internet user experience. The participants are expected to submit a position paper of 2-4 pages by email to virpi.roto(at)nokia.com and eija.kaasinen(at)vtt.fi by May 5, 2008 (18:00 CEST). Please use the SIGCHI publication format available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform/, and submit your paper in PDF format. At least one author of accepted papers needs to register for the workshop and for one day of the conference itself.
ORGANIZERS
Dr. Virpi Roto is a principal scientist with Nokia Research Center, Finland. Her background is in computer science, but she has made a long career in the human-computer interaction field. During the previous years, she has investigated user experience of Internet on handheld devices. Her doctoral dissertation about mobile web browsing user experience [1] was accepted with distinction in December 2006 and has been downloaded more than 10.000 times since. The most visible outcome of her research is the Minimap web page visualization method, currently used in the Web browser of Nokia S60 mobile phones.
Dr. Eija Kaasinen is in charge of the Media and Mobile Usability research team at VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland. She has led field studies in several research projects that have been developing mobile Internet and personal navigation services. Based on the integrated results of those studies, Eija Kaasinen has defined a framework to study user acceptance of mobile services [2]. The framework, Technology Acceptance Model for Mobile Services, has currently been applied in many projects.
An international workshop committee, with members from several different organizations (both academia and industry), will steer the workshop.
REFERENCES
[1] Roto, V. Web Browsing on Mobile Phones – Characteristics of User Experience. Doctoral dissertation, TKK Dissertations 49, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 2006. http://research.nokia.com/people/virpi_roto/dissertation.html
[2] Kaasinen, E. User acceptance of mobile services – value, ease of use, trust and ease of adoption. Doctoral dissertation, VTT Publications 566, Finland, 2005. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/2005/P566.pdf
